NLE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Which Titan was assigned the task of holding up the sky because of his attempt to
overthrow the gods?
a. Hercules
b. Atlas
c. Perseus
d. Theseus CORRECT ANSWERS Atlas
Delphi, the shrine visited by those who wanted to learn the will of the gods, was sacred
to
a. Jupiter
b. Mars
c. Neptune
d. Apollo CORRECT ANSWERS Apollo
The Styx, Acheron, and Phlegethon are rivers which
a. Hannibal had to cross on his march to Italy
b. serve as borders to provinces in North America
c. are located in the Underworld
d. are tributaries of the Tiber CORRECT ANSWERS are located in the Underworld
As the god of sun and light, who was also the patron divinity of poetry and prophecy?
a. Athena
b. Apollo
c. Aphrodite
d. Zeus CORRECT ANSWERS Apollo
The change of seasons was explained by the sorrow or joy of ___, whose daughter was
snatched away to the Underworld.
a. Ceres
b. Minerva
c. Venus
d. Juno CORRECT ANSWERS Ceres
Constantinople was captured by the Turks in A.D. MCDLIII
a. 1053
b. 1153
c. 1453
d. 1553 CORRECT ANSWERS 1453
What king almost starved to death because everything he touched turned to gold?
a. Jason
, b. Midas
c. Theseus
d. Hercules CORRECT ANSWERS Midas
Who was punished by Zeus for giving mankind the fire he stole from the gods?
a. Apollo
b. Atlas
c. Hephaestus
d. Prometheus CORRECT ANSWERS Prometheus
In the Roman numerals the year 2019 is
a. MCMIX
b. MMXI
c. MMXIX
d. MCMLI CORRECT ANSWERS MMXIX
Quot sunt novem minus duo?
a. decem
b. septem
c. quattor
d. unus CORRECT ANSWERS septem
In A.D. LXIV a great fire destroyed much of Rome.
a. 46
b. 54
c. 64
d. 76 CORRECT ANSWERS 64
What monster, slain by Bellerophon, had the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a
serpent?
a. Pegasus
b. Chimera
c. Griffin
d. Python CORRECT ANSWERS Chimera
The Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx were
a. muses of poetry
b. sailors on the Argo
c. rivers in the Underworld
d. monsters slain by Hercules CORRECT ANSWERS rivers in the Underworld
A Roman sailor wishing to avoid a shipwreck or earthquake would pray to
a. Juno
b. Neptune
c. Mars
d. Minerva CORRECT ANSWERS Neptune
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Which Titan was assigned the task of holding up the sky because of his attempt to
overthrow the gods?
a. Hercules
b. Atlas
c. Perseus
d. Theseus CORRECT ANSWERS Atlas
Delphi, the shrine visited by those who wanted to learn the will of the gods, was sacred
to
a. Jupiter
b. Mars
c. Neptune
d. Apollo CORRECT ANSWERS Apollo
The Styx, Acheron, and Phlegethon are rivers which
a. Hannibal had to cross on his march to Italy
b. serve as borders to provinces in North America
c. are located in the Underworld
d. are tributaries of the Tiber CORRECT ANSWERS are located in the Underworld
As the god of sun and light, who was also the patron divinity of poetry and prophecy?
a. Athena
b. Apollo
c. Aphrodite
d. Zeus CORRECT ANSWERS Apollo
The change of seasons was explained by the sorrow or joy of ___, whose daughter was
snatched away to the Underworld.
a. Ceres
b. Minerva
c. Venus
d. Juno CORRECT ANSWERS Ceres
Constantinople was captured by the Turks in A.D. MCDLIII
a. 1053
b. 1153
c. 1453
d. 1553 CORRECT ANSWERS 1453
What king almost starved to death because everything he touched turned to gold?
a. Jason
, b. Midas
c. Theseus
d. Hercules CORRECT ANSWERS Midas
Who was punished by Zeus for giving mankind the fire he stole from the gods?
a. Apollo
b. Atlas
c. Hephaestus
d. Prometheus CORRECT ANSWERS Prometheus
In the Roman numerals the year 2019 is
a. MCMIX
b. MMXI
c. MMXIX
d. MCMLI CORRECT ANSWERS MMXIX
Quot sunt novem minus duo?
a. decem
b. septem
c. quattor
d. unus CORRECT ANSWERS septem
In A.D. LXIV a great fire destroyed much of Rome.
a. 46
b. 54
c. 64
d. 76 CORRECT ANSWERS 64
What monster, slain by Bellerophon, had the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a
serpent?
a. Pegasus
b. Chimera
c. Griffin
d. Python CORRECT ANSWERS Chimera
The Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx were
a. muses of poetry
b. sailors on the Argo
c. rivers in the Underworld
d. monsters slain by Hercules CORRECT ANSWERS rivers in the Underworld
A Roman sailor wishing to avoid a shipwreck or earthquake would pray to
a. Juno
b. Neptune
c. Mars
d. Minerva CORRECT ANSWERS Neptune
